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Yeah that'll happen for anything streamed and licensed.
If you want to own something, you need to own it physically. Buy an actual disk. People won't and I'll be surprised if they are still making blurays at all in ten years but that's the only way you can actually buy media now.
I'm actually still kinda surprised about this. My understanding is that the licenses from rights holders to streaming platforms generally included an indefinite right to stream to people who'd purchased content, even if they may not offer it for continued purchase or as part of the general included streaming library.
That's definitely how it works with games on Steam or GOG.
Unless you bought after-market keys like on G2A and it turned out to be stolen/keygen'd. Valve will remove your game if your key is found to be stolen (whether you knew it or not). I imagine you know this but just felt it bore mentioning.
Good point, yes, that's an exception. A justified one if you'd ask me but I guess YMMV.
You can read the subscriber agreement here but I'm pretty sure that's not the case with Steam.
I have dozens of games in my library that are no longer available to purchase. Often these are games with expired music copyright, though some just removed the music in an update instead. I don't remember a single withdrawn game that would get removed from my library.
iTunes as well. There are a few things I can still stream that are no longer sold.
Streaming isn't the same as downloading. It has different rights and with movies it's especially complicated. The rights to a movie can literally be so complicated that no one knows who owns it.
Minor sticking point: it's still a "limited license." You don't really "own" anything and if that physical copy is damaged or destroyed you're just SOL.
Streaming, digital, physical, everything has a drawback! Backups are your friend.
Yes, you don't own the copyright. You do own the physical disk, and you also have a right to backup a personal copy.
It's not a sticking point, it's a feature. Take care of your shit just like all your other shit. No one says it's a sticking point to say that a kettle you buy could break, that's just normal part of ownership of a thing.
Feature, sticking point, call it what you want. I’m just saying there’s nuance to it.